10 Things Everyone Should Know About Honey

Posted on September 5, 2017.

When most people think of honey, they think of traditional golden sweet honey. But wait a minute!--not all honey is golden. Nor is all honey sweet. Did you know, some honeys in the southern USA are purple? And eucalyptus honey tastes like menthol. It’s true. There’s more to honey than most people expect. Here are 10 more honey facts to think about:

On average, one hive of bees makes about 75 pounds of honey a year.

There are different varietals of honey. In the U.S., there are more than 300 varietals of honey.

Honey is said to have restorative properties— Some people use it to treat allergies, dandruff, and some even claim it can help with their ulcers.

Not only bees make honey. Some wasps make honey too.

Honey never spoils- when kept in an airtight container, honey will last forever! Archeologists unearthed some honey in an enclosed Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb that was over 3,000 years old--and it was still edible!